Page 3: Historical Events In September - 16

1859  Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone on this day in history.   

1861  Battle of Princeton WV on September - 16.   

1862  Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on September - 16.   

1862  Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on September - 16.   

1863  Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist on September - 16.   

1864  Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) on September - 16.   

1867  On September - 16 ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game   

1872  Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history german troops leave France   

1875  James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney) on this day in history.   

1877  James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on September - 16.   

1878  Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)   

1882  On September - 16 mart Saar, composer   

1885  On this day in history puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup   

1885  On this day in history karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst   

1887  On this day in history hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor   

1888  On September - 16 almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie)   

1889  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press)   

1890  On this day in history newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers on September - 16.   

1890  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) on this day in history.   

1891  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer on September - 16.   

1892  Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" on September - 16.   

1893  On this day in history cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders   

1893  On this day in history cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders   

1893  On this day in history albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937)   

1894  Clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops) on September - 16.   

1895  Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals) on September - 16.   

1896  Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist on this day in history.   

1896  Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)   

1901  Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County on this day in history.   

1901  On September - 16 andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)   

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0016  Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38) was born on this day in history.   

1098  On this day in history birth of hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)   

1386  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general was born on this day in history.   

1387  On September - 16 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)   

1507  Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

1547  Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of jacques Mauduit, composer   

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)   

0096  Death of Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 on this day in history.   

0655  On this day in history martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies   

0827  On this day in history death of pope Valentine   

1087  On September - 16 victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies   

1100  On September - 16 death of bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)   

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on September - 16.   

1380  On September - 16 charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies   

1394  On September - 16 clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies